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Jan 11, 2012, 7:31 am
Hey guys, hope that 2012 is treating ewe well so far?
2011 ended with the great build starting and mumborg going into hospital. To elaborate, the house is being made disabled friendly, with ramps installed, doors being widened, wet room added downstairs and the kitchen being kitted out with things... Comment - Like
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Dec 8, 2011, 8:48 am
Personal Grumpus commission for Truus I seem to have wandered into the world of microblogging (as in Facebook, Twitter etc) and neglected my beloved weblog, whoops. There are lots of things that I need to do, like respond to comments on the last post, write my epic ode to five years of blogging and... Comment - Like
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Oct 17, 2011, 7:52 pm
I recently shuffled off this mortal coil, erm, I mean I turned.....into a green hideous furry beast... 30. Interestingly my face didn't suddenly slip of my facial skeletal structure and I didn't sprout any more grey hairs. I refuse to talk about that weird hair on my chin, tweezers have taken care o... Comment - Like
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Sep 11, 2011, 6:34 pm
Hey chumsI am currently doing a few art/craft stalls at the moment, to market The Doodologist in the real world (not just online). I think I will leave writing up my experience with those until I have done a few more. I will have done four, by the first of next month, so a full expose into the world... Comment - Like
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Aug 24, 2011, 10:31 pm
The Prince's Trust:
My doodling business The Doodologist is developing quite nicely and I am officially allowed to say that This business was initially helped by the Prince's Trust.They obviously have to be quite strict about how their good name is used and you can't use their logo, without paying ... Comment - Like
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Aug 11, 2011, 2:13 pm
Things have been rather busy at 'The Doodologist' Headquarters (In a good way, mostly).
Firstly the computer had to go back to the shop, which was a major pain in the arse and something I had blocked out of my mind,until writing this blog post and realising how long it has been since I actually wrot... Comment - Like
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Jul 11, 2011, 7:43 pm
Doodle Business:
The Doodologist is fast approaching the last stage of business planning, although I am open for business, I still have some hoops to jump through. I visited the bank last week and had a meeting to set up a business account. It was slightly nerve wracking, but mainly exciting and mor... Comment - Like
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Jul 3, 2011, 9:57 am
Life Drawing :
Not wanting to become complacent as I strive to find my own drawing style, I decided to sign up for a life drawing class. I have had no formal arty training since back in ye olde times of high school, many moons ago now. So I was rather nervous about it all, but nothing ventured, noth... Comment - Like
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Jun 26, 2011, 3:12 pm
Worry ye not, I have not actually died or even worse than death, stopped blogging. The lack of blogging has been a mixture of things:Doodle Madness, as one will see further down this web like page. Sister 1 got wed on Thursday, with all the family shenanigans and obligatory running round like headle... Comment - Like
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May 30, 2011, 6:54 pm
Uh oh I have been neglecting The Grumpus, which is not the best thing to do... so this post is mainly about the green and furry one.
The Grumpus recently asked the worshippers/minions that like the FB page, what made them almost Grumpus like. The Grumpus was saddened by a rather lacklustre response... Comment - Like
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May 13, 2011, 7:35 pm
Doodology dú-dŏl'ə-jē
Doodologist dú-dŏl'ə-jĭstI have realised that I have never explained my switch from therapist in training to The Doodologist, especially confusing for those that have been reading this blog for quite a while now. In this interview, I explain myself somewhat, if you ca... Comment - Like
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May 6, 2011, 11:31 pm
Tada! Finally the website is finished! So I can now talk at great length about my new business like venture. It is still only in the baby stages, so as I learn, things will change and evolve.
Firstly the name.... The Doodologist, which is pronounced dú-dŏl'ə-jĭst, is because I have a degree ... Comment - Like
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Apr 29, 2011, 4:06 pm
I had hoped that the website would be ready this weekend and I could be out pickling myself from the inside --- out, with the rest of the country. Alas it is not, as I keep drawing things that need painting and the perfectionist monster has reared it's ugly head and may have had a tantrum.....
I gue... Comment - Like
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Apr 23, 2011, 5:45 pm
Meet Barbara, she is one of England's last dragonsThere she was, just minding her own business, when a pesky bee decides to pick an argument with her! How bloody rude. Normally a dragon like Barbara would have just cremated the flying pest, but her fire glands were swollen, due to hay fever.
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Apr 2, 2011, 2:34 pm
Well I was going to do a "Grumpus visits his Mother" post, a nod to it being Mother's day in the UK(tomorrow), but he doesn't like her and refused to cooperate. Now some people would assume that that was just a flimsy excuse about not being prepared and time catching up with me, but we know better, ... Comment - Like
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Mar 18, 2011, 3:06 pm
Grumpus has run into trouble again, his heavy drinking session with Patrick led to all sorts of Shenanigans and a whole island full of snakes attached to him!
Grumpus continued his wandering around the world, after spending a happy, but flatulent, time with Dewi, he now found himself with his old ch... Comment - Like
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Mar 8, 2011, 11:05 am
Tis Pancake Day! Otherwise known as Shrove Tuesday and Grumpus does NOT like pancakes. He normally loves all things bad for you, but not these edible circles of doom and fat. In fact, just the thought of pancakes is making Grumpus even greener than he already is! The pancake hatred started when Grum... Comment - Like
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Feb 28, 2011, 8:01 pm
After Grumpus's disastrous meeting with Valentine, he felt a wee bit bad about the decapitation, stoning and shooting through the heart thang. So from that day forward he decided to play nice with all the other saints, in the hopes that one day he would get to be St Grumpus and have a holiday of his... Comment - Like
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Feb 24, 2011, 12:16 pm
I hope you liked the epic Grumpus tale " The Grumpus and Love" ? Because I am currently working on a LOT of new Grumpus ideas.So if you have any Grumpus story related ideas, specifically related to holidays that you celebrate, please leave a suggestion in the comment section. So whilst I get on with... Comment - Like
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Feb 14, 2011, 7:34 am
The Grumpus and love, it is a tragic tale, but what do you expect from someone called The Grumpus? This tale will also make very little sense, but that is not the Grumpus's fault.
Many many many many (x ten) years ago:
The Grumpus was minding his own business as he plodded around the jungle, when he... Comment - Like
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Feb 11, 2011, 1:44 pm
Thanks to the wonderful world of twitter, I got to doodle a wee little house for the wonderful "It's good 2 give" Charity.
It’s Good 2 Give (registered charity number SC041416) officially came to life in April 2010 and already we have raised over £70,000 for local young people with canc... Comment - Like
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Feb 4, 2011, 7:21 pm
Not played with lightroom, or any type of photo editing, since I finished my younger sisters wedding photographs back in October. People have persisted in annoying me by taking marvellous photographs and reminding me that I don't have a camera. Well that is not technically true, I do have my point a... Comment - Like
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Jan 26, 2011, 4:15 pm
For my EPIC four years of blogging post back in November ' I am a Tetradite Blogger' I ran a doodletrific competition, which consisted of just leaving a comment on the post. Then at an allotted time I would pick a winner using a random number generator.... (number was assigned in relevance to number... Comment - Like
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Jan 18, 2011, 8:11 pm
The tale of a dragon leaving a city she loved....
Sometimes a doodle just pops into my mind after hearing/reading a conversation or thinking about a certain thing for a while, plus lots of coffee (LOTS). The above doodle is an example of just that, I was thinking about a tweet chum of mine leavin... Comment - Like
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Jan 12, 2011, 9:26 pm
For those that don't know, last October I set up another blog called 'Self Exam Doodles' . If you read this 'About' page you should be a little more informed on how this project came to life.
The 'Self Exam Doodles' site has been an awesome way to teach myself how to doodle better, although it defin... Comment - Like
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Jan 8, 2011, 1:22 pm
Things are rather busy here at doodle central, which I will explain further in a near future post. In my last waffling's 'Grumpus and The Slanket of Doom', I asked for favourite love quotes/poems/sayings etc. These are being used for an ongoing doodle project, which will also become clearer in that ... Comment - Like
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Dec 31, 2010, 12:54 pm
If a depression can be like a blanket, what the fuck is like a slanket? Poor Grumpus doesn't know just how evil a slanket really is.....
Hey kids/adults/beasts/inbetweeners hope you all had an average, or better than average, festive time? If you didn't guess by the title or the doodle, I got a slan... Comment - Like
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Dec 22, 2010, 5:44 pm
Tis the Grumpus trying to look happyHe paints his fur red, it looks rather crappyThen he sticks buttons upon his chest, after all this exertion, he needs a bloody rest.Let Christmas be over, make it snappy!
Christmas is just another day to me, with added food. I am a Happy Grumpus indeed, when it ... Comment - Like
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Nov 23, 2010, 8:35 pm
More information on these ladies coming soon! In the meantime check out this post 'Self Exam Doodles: International ladies... Coming Soon'
Stupidly hit 'Publish' on a post that was filled with existential waffle, unfortunately it was a waffle only cooked on one side! Check back here soon for the fu... Comment - Like
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Nov 16, 2010, 10:05 pm
The mumborg asked me to doodle something for her friends baby shower, so of course I obliged. Whilst we are on the subject of baby showers, when the heck did they become popular in the UK? I know they are the thing to do across the pond, but all of a sudden they have appeared on these fair shores. N... Comment - Like
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Nov 2, 2010, 6:45 pm
As the clock struck 10 on the evening of the 29th of October this year, I had now been blogging for FOUR whole years! Well actually I was working on another blog, not this one, at that very moment, but oh well. To mark this monumental occasion, I will take you on a doodle journey through the last fo... Comment - Like
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Oct 31, 2010, 1:29 pm
Time flies when you are having fun busy!
Finally FINALLY finished editing all my sisters wedding photograph, here are a few of my favourites;
If you want to see all seventy bajillion of them, feel free to peruse the Flickr collection (19 sets) 'Wedding Photographs'. There are only 1260 really and ... Comment - Like
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Oct 10, 2010, 5:00 pm
Today is World Mental Health Day 2010... 10/10/10 and this post is being posted at 10! It was meant to be 10am, but I had a lie in and now its being published a 10pm.
I found the doodling a lot easier, than the thinking, of what to write about this particular subject. So why bother? Well it's a top... Comment - Like
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Sep 16, 2010, 5:40 pm
What do you call a one legged brain tumour?
Doris, Boris or Mumborg?
Mumborg
Ooops not in the best taste, but yes, the mumborg has a brain tumour (also only one leg, if you didn't know). This is not a tale I am unfamiliar with, let us go back in time.......(insert time travelling music, diddly doo... Comment - Like
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Aug 29, 2010, 5:33 pm
Heather and Jessica edited with lightroom and enhanced with layersStill on my quest to edit all my sisters wedding photographs, hopefully soon I shall be finished. Luckily she loves me and knows I can still lock her in a cupboard if she annoys me about it. To be fair, she hasn't moaned once about it... Comment - Like
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Aug 12, 2010, 9:45 pm
/climbs out of the chasm of doom......
/looks round sheepishly
Okay here is my explanation of what was going on in my head whilst I was doodling this: Just click the image to BIGGIFY and read Part One if you haven't already or need a refresher: Art + therapy =???
What was going on in my head the wo... Comment - Like
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Jul 22, 2010, 7:02 pm
Apologies for the lack of postings of late, I sucketh greatly at the 'once a week' target I set for myself. Life got in the way and I wrote the posts in my head, instead of on here. The people that have read this blog for a long time, have begrudgingly got use to my erm erratic blogging schedule, bu... Comment - Like
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Jul 4, 2010, 6:15 pm
Foot Therapy
Greetings Earthlings and those just visiting, welcome to a weekly round up post of sorts.
Garden stuffCarrots, beetroot, courgettes, potatoes, onions, radishes, lemon basil, raspberries and four types of lettuce are growing! I have also planted several containers with alpines in some a... Comment - Like
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Jun 18, 2010, 8:40 pm
Tis that time of year when people go footie mad and not just because of the Vuvuzela's, although they are feckin awful, click the link if you haven't heard them.World Cup fever has struck again and England are playing a bloody awful game at the moment. Wednesday will either produce a big sigh of rel... Comment - Like
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Jun 11, 2010, 9:49 pm
This is herbert and sherbert, they are the hamsters that control my PC and they are feckin useless. I have tried putting hamster pellets in the air vents of my PC, but still it runs like shit. So it must mean the hamsters need replacing or something? Hamster butties anyone?
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Jun 2, 2010, 8:33 pm
This was a doodle I did for Heather and John's save the date cards
Warning this is just a splish splosh of grey matter, garbled together in post like form:
I got back the Highlands of Scotland last Saturday and have been editing the wedding photographs ever since. I took over a thousand myself, th... Comment - Like
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May 5, 2010, 1:05 pm
Greetings foul and rotting carbuncles of flea ridden fleshpots!Tis I the Grail Master! Ruler of all things Grail and Quest like.....
Oops sorry, erm still in medieval taskmaster mode from ye olde times (the other weekend). Yonder weekend was my younger sister's hen weekend, a weekend of dressing up ... Comment - Like
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Apr 19, 2010, 7:08 pm
Well by still sleeping I mean this blog, I would love to still be sleeping, but alas I am busy busy busy.
My sister Jemma is taking Amazing pictures of my new baby niece! Here is one of my favourites of Arwen with her older brother Ewan. Only a few weeks till I get to see her for the first time and ... Comment - Like
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Jan 30, 2010, 7:24 pm
My next written post will be most probably of epic proportions, due to the nature of its contents. So in the meantime please gaze upon my latest photographic offerings. I have picked the best from each new Flickr set and then provided the link to the rest of the sets for your enjoyment.
From the Par... Comment - Like
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